Team Rubio’s Pathetic National Security Attack on Cruz

Conservative Review ^ | November 24th, 2015 | Daniel Horowitz

[Isara]

We are now back to the arsonist blaming the firefighter for arson, again. 

This time Marco Rubio’s backers have really stepped in it with Iowa voters by running an ad insinuating that Cruz is responsible for Paris-style terror attacks because he voted to reform the NSA bulk data collection.  The Cruz campaign probably couldn’t pay Team Rubio enough money to continue running those ads because Iowa voters hate the mass surveillance state.   

Sean Noble, a Rubio backer, is running $200,000 worth of ads in Iowa through his 501(c)4 group assailing Cruz as weak on national security because he championed the Freedom Act.  This is a line of attack recently lodged by Rubio himself and dutifully picked up in the beltway “conservative” media over the past week. What is so pathetic about this attack is that voters oppose the NSA bulk data collection and this bill was sponsored by Sen. Mike Lee to strike a balance between preserving the vital tools needed to track terrorists and ensuring that the NSA doesn’t cast a wide net around all Americans. 

Not only was this bill supported by Sen. Lee, it garnered the support of Sens. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Steve Daines (R-Mt), two supporters of Rubio.  A number of House members supporting Rubio for president voted for the Freedom Act as well.  All but 47 Republicans voted for the bill, and a good number of the no votes felt the Freedom Act didn’t go far enough in curtailing the NSA.

In fact, Mr. Noble worked for Sen. Jeff Flake who also voted for the Freedom Act.  I guess his boss and all of Rubio’s backers are also weak on national security.  

The reality is that no surveillance state is robust enough to compensate for the security risks incurred from the massive immigration, particularly from stateless Middle East refugees, Rubio planned to bring in under the Gang of 8 bill.  This line of attack from Rubio really speaks to the dyslexic national security priorities he shares with Sens. McCain and Graham.  They believe we should get involved in every Islamic civil war in the Middle East and supported the arming of Al Qaeda in Libya, and now in Syria.  Then they support open borders and the importation of Islamic refugees from the civil wars in which they involved us.  Finally, they want a mass surveillance state to attempt to cure the problems they caused.

How about not supporting Islamist rebels and the Arab Spring that gave rise to ISIS in the first place?  How about supporting Cruz’s immigration plan that speaks to the direct threat of importing Islamists to our own shores?  How about supporting Cruz’s bill to strip citizenship from those who are actually caught fighting for ISIS. 

Team Rubio seems to have its constitutional arguments and national security/immigration policies flipped on its head.  Their arguments might have gained some resonance against a Ron Paul-style challenger, but against Cruz that dog won’t hunt.

[Isara]

FYI

[cripplecreek]

This American prefers my freedom over my security.

[Original Lurker]

Florida = Florida Trash.

[Stanwood_Dave]

By any chance, do you mean: Florida = Florida Trailer Trash! :-)

Former Bill Clinton campaign manager and DemocRAT operative, James Carville actually came out and said what all of us on the right have thought about Team Rubio's

"Drag a hundred-dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you'll find." --James Carville Source/Notes:

As quoted in: Meet the Press (Kelly Press, 1997) by Lawrence Edmund Spivak, p. 23

Yes I know Carville didn't mean Rubio, (Carville was in fact referring to Paula Jones) the token of the gang of 8 (eight.) But if the shoe fit's Rubio's you know what!

Of course in the end, Paula Jones ended up getting an $850,000 out-of-court settlement from the Clintons while Bill had to pay $90,000 for lying in court and was stripped of his law license for five years as part of a deal to avoid disbarment

[JohnBovenmyer]

Rubio is trying to sell Iowans that Cruz is bad for voting the way Grassley did on a bill? Marco, your suicide belt just went off.

[Nifster]

Ah the GOPe are still hoping one of their guys (Bush or Rubio) will manage to unthrone the Donald

What these idiots don’t seem to understand is ‘WE DON”T BELIEVE YOU ANYMORE”. What we want is someone other than the Beltway Beauties

[apoliticalone]

Lou Dobbs had two GOPE bots trying to undermine Trump tonight. They want Trump taken out so that they can move on and take out Cruz and install Bush. Divide and conquer. The goal of the multiculturalists that own both Parties is destroying USA nationalism and culture so they can advance their no border no sovereignty banker corporate world.

[Isara]

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[American Constitutionalist]

Weasle Rubio..

IIIIII, YI’EE YI’EE YI’EEeee .. EL MARCO RRRUBBBIO DE AMNESTO ...

The Amnesty Big Wig bros Moo - cha - choo Marco Rubio.

[American Constitutionalist]

But, but, but Marco Rubio has the arousal gap vote from the Fox News Hotties women !! ....

Ever watched the Fox News women fawn over him and talk about Marco Rubio get the vapors over him ?

No real thinking needs to apply for them voting for Rubio..

Marco Rubio = a baby faced Bill Clinton in diapers to appeal to the ( uninformed, going by emotions ) women vote.

[Nifster]

And the key to all of this is for the PEOPLE to stand and say no not this time.

[Nifster]

By the way, to brighten your spirits, they(the Bush family) tried the same thing with Ronald Reagan

[apoliticalone]

Too many Americans are made into brainwashed puppets by the virtual USB portal that Hollywood, the cable companies and consolidated MSM use to access and manipulate the thoughts and opinions of the masses. Americans need injected with a “be cynical of the media” vaccine.

Major events like 9-11 were used to enhance the process and turn Americans into news junkies who get a fix from cable news.